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The Legacies of Ancient Greece

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What is a legacy?

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Traditions, skills and knowledge of a culture that get passed on to people in the future

Something a culture is known for

A gift from the past

Babe Ruth’s

legacy was homerun hitting.

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The Legacies of Ancient Greece

architecture

philosophy

Olympics

epics

Greek mythology

tragedy comedy

trial by jury

democracy scientific method

Socratic Method

theater

classification

marathon

Hippocratic Oath

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Conclusion

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Democracy

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Athens developed the first democracy

Greek word meaning “power of the people”

A government where the people have the right to make decisions about leaders and laws

The U.S. government is based on Athenian democracy.

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Democracy in Athens

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Athens had the first democratic constitution (a set of rules for how the government should run) All men over 20 years old could

participate in the Assembly (the lawmaking group) Each year 500 names of citizens were

drawn to be on the Council of Five Hundred who ran the daily business of Athens

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Trial By Jury

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When a group of citizens decides if a person is innocent or guilty of a crime

Serving on a jury was a citizen’s duty

About 500 jurors for a trial

Jurors were paid for service

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Epics

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Long poems written about gods, heroes, and history of a culture

Wrote the Illiad about the Trojan War

Homer most famous author of Greek epics.

The Odyssey about a Trojan War hero, Odysseus

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Greek Mythology

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Myths are stories about gods & goddesses that were used to explain events in nature

Poseidon Hades Hermes

Hera Apollo Artemis Hephaestus

Athena Demeter Aphrodite Ares

Zeus

12 Major Gods & Goddesses of Mt. Olympus

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Theater

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Grew out of festivals dedicated to Dionysus and developed into stories that were acted out

Theater was carved into a hillside

Only male actors but women could watch

Plays were performed at festivals and became competitions

Actors wore masks to show gender, age & mood

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Theater

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Tragedy & Comedy

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Types of plays first developed by the Greeks

Tragedy: plays about suffering

Comedy: plays with a happy ending that pokes fun at certain types of people

Aeschylus

Aristophanes

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Olympic Games

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Festival held in Olympia to honor Zeus

Every four years-began 776B.C.

Called a truce from war

Only men: women couldn’t watch

Won an olive wreath

Olympians swore not to cheat

Winners were heroes

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Olympic Games

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Foot races

Pancratium

Boxing

Warrior’s Race

Wrestling Pentathlon

Javelin

Discus

Messengers & Trumpeters

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Marathon

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Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon

Pheidippides ran to Athens (about 26 miles) to announce the victory

He reached Athens, cried out Nike! (goddess of victory), and fell over dead.

Footrace that is 26 miles, 385 yards long

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Architecture

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Corinthian Doric Ionic

The art and science of building

Greeks well known for using three styles of columns in their buildings

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Architecture

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The Temple of Athena Nike located very close to the Parthenon was built in the Ionic style.

The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens was built in the Doric style.

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Architecture

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The design of many buildings today has been influenced by the classical style of the Greeks.

Supreme Court Building in Wash. D.C.

Why would many U.S. government buildings have been built using Greek architecture?

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Philosophy

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Love of wisdom; trying to figure things out through learning and reasoning

Socrates Socratic Method

Plato

Aristotle

Political Science

Science & Logic

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Socratic Method

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Teaching through step-by-step questions that are designed to lead the student to the truth

Socrates was a Greek philosopher

who wanted people to question and think for

themselves

Athenians were afraid and threatened by his ideas, so he was tried

and put to death.

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Classification of Living Things

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A system of grouping plants and animals that have similar characteristics

Developed by Aristotle

Helps scientists to handle a lot of info.

Still used today

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Scientific Method

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Process used by scientists to study something

1 Collect

Info

2 Form

Hypothesis

3 Test

Hypothesis

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Hippocratic Oath

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A list of rules about practicing medicine that doctors today still promise to follow

Hippocrates was the

“Father of Scientific Medicine”

Believed that disease came from natural

causes not evil spirits

4. Keep the secrets of patients

3. Never give poisons

2. Do their best for the sick

1. Honor their teachers

Conclusion

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Legacies of Ancient Greece

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Now that you are aware of them, you will see the legacies of the ancient Greeks cropping up all over the

place!

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• Animation factory - www.animationfactory.com

• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission website - http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/dictionary/ClassicalOrders.html

• Greenblatt, Miriam & Peter Lemmo. Human Heritage: A World History. ©2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

• Headden, Susan, ed. The Ancient World. © 2004 U.S. News & World Report.

• Microsoft Design Gallery Live - http://dgl.microsoft.com

• Mythman - www.mythman.com

Bibliography

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